Yekaterina Biyak

Affiliated media: Activatica, Sota.Vision, Correspondent

Incident date: November 13, 2020

Attack type:

• Court trial

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)

Location: Russia, Khabarovsk Krai, Khabarovsk

Additional information:

The Central District Court of Khabarovsk fined journalist 10,000 rubles for allegedly participating in an unsanctioned protest that disrupted traffic. The journalist was detained during protest rally on November 12 along with her colleague Boris Zhirnov, both were left overnight in the police department. After the trial, Biyak was detained again under the same article.